Delete a message from the list archive
Hello
In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a user sent a message which was not really for the list.
Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there.
But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s archive, so that it will not be there "forever" and not show up in the digest the next day?
Thank you, Christian
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On 11/2/20 4:26 AM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:
In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a user sent a message which was not really for the list.
Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there.
But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s archive, so that it will not be there "forever" and not show up in the digest the next day?
Thank you, Christian
It is possible but your cPanel hosting provider will need to do it. They will need to remove the message from your list's mbox file and then rebuild your archives. At least that is the way I handle that situation for my own Mailman 2 clients. I don't believe it is possible for a cPanel user to do this since they normally don't have root access to the server.
-- Brian Carpenter Harmonylists.com Emwd.com
On November 2, 2020 3:24:15 AM PST, Brian Carpenter <brian_carpenter@emwd.com> wrote:
On 11/2/20 4:26 AM, Christian F Buser via Mailman-Users wrote:
In a Mailman mailing list (which runs in a cPanel installation), a user sent a message which was not really for the list.
Of course, all "normal" recipients already have this message in their mailboxes. There is nothing I could do there.
But is it possible to delete this single message from the list’s archive, so that it will not be there "forever" and not show up in the digest the next day?
Thank you, Christian
It is possible but your cPanel hosting provider will need to do it. They will need to remove the message from your list's mbox file and then rebuild your archives. At least that is the way I handle that situation
for my own Mailman 2 clients. I don't believe it is possible for a cPanel user to do this since they normally don't have root access to the server.
In addition, if the digest hasn't been sent, the message can be removed from the list's digest.mbox file.
As Brian says, all this requires access to Mailman's file hierarchy which most users of shared cPanel installations do not have.
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